Each station is made up of organisations such as RMITV that train people, nothing stopping that from continuing as well as having a studio facility in multiple states, as long as they can make it work financially.
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Great news! I still think they should have tried to partner with an existing BVOD channel but if they can go it alone and make it successful then all power to them.
Going on their own would give them much more freedom. But maybe in future they could cut a deal to also become a content hub on a existing service in addition to their own service.
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Yup, more viewers and possible ad revenue can only be a good thing.
Still surprised they’ve managed to get to the stage of having their own catch-up service, impressive effort.
CTV+ has launched.
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I guess this will be their future should C31 and 44 Adelaide be taken off the air.
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Statement incoming, but hearing a public ceremony for the 2021 Antenna Awards has been again called off due to Melbourne’s lockdown.
Edit: Confirmation below.
UPDATE: We have been closely monitoring the unfolding situation across Australia with firmly crossed fingers in the hopes of being able to proceed with our intended rescheduled date for the 2021 Antenna Awards on September 18th but it has become increasingly clear that holding the event as planned on that date is unlikely.
In addition, we have received advice from our event partners that it is unlikely that a capacity or near-capacity event in 2021 will be possible. We were desperate to find a way to celebrate Community TV’s recent three-year licence renewal with an in-person event, whilst paying tribute to our many great program makers nominated for this years awards but in the interests of keeping everyone safe we have made the decision, in consultation with our friends in Adelaide, to cancel the awards ceremony as planned for 2021.
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Not until it is an App that can be loaded onto smart televisions.
Being a website only will die a death.
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Well Hitchhike TV in Queensland has been inactive since last year.
No wonder since the name change as well.
@DJPizarro Question for somebody associated with Ngaarda Media: I understand you produce radio and TV content, do you run your own TV channel as well?
There’s a ”Ngarda TV” listed on Wikipedia, and Oz Digital TV states that there’s a station with the callsign HPO34 broadcasting to Roebourne, but the Ngaarda Media website seems to imply that you don’t broadcast on TV.
Clarification would be much appreciated!
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There is a tv licence we have and it was been used to broadcasts in the past, but it’s currently in-active
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C31 has launched a campaign to raise $31,000 by 31 May. According to the donate website, donations are tax deductible.
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The fact they are now asking for charity… seems like the business model of online won’t work. Considering they are still on FTA as well,
Doesn’t bode well for the channel especially in a PR way that they are now asking for donations… or does their sales team need to think outside of the box for revenue…
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I personally wondered why they haven’t already been donation funded.
It’s nothing particularly unusual. Community radio stations have been holding annual radiothons, etc, for public donations for years. This is no different. The sector can’t survive on sponsorship revenue alone. Light 89.9 and Joy 94.9 have regular appeals for donations, etc. I think even big guns like 3RRR are similar. (EDIT: 3RRR has a radiothon plus a separate donate page on its website https://www.rrr.org.au/donate) It comes with being not-for-profit, volunteer driven community media.
C31 has never been overly proactive in having a paid membership model, etc. It’s probably something they should have been doing more of all along to supplement sponsorships.
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Oh agreed.
However to launch this now doesn’t look good in the public eyes. When you have them recently relocating to new premises, hosting an awards night that would have cost upwards of $30,000 (which granted didn’t happen because of lockdown) it seems the direction and the aim of what they should be focusing on is not being targeted. You can’t post social media posts about how you reach 1million viewers a month when statistically it’s an inflated average when most of their programming doesn’t hit above 30,000. Which even in that scale is minute when an OzTAM box could give then that figure which equals one person…
They need to get with the times, engage and interlink more. Partner with a training institute, or run short term production courses. Be relevant,
It’s endless. Turn the model into training and education rather than flying around the country filming content with the same “internal” talent that seem to be mates of the staff visiting wineries and beer contests. It’s not engaging and what people actually want to see. It’s the same content.
Bring back more live TV. Get a nightly panel show on there.
All it takes is commitment and a little bit of funding and direct the energy for the actual channel, not personal internal ambitions and pet projects and helping your mates.
I just really an sad about the lack of progress and innovation that hasn’t happened
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I understand their connection to stupid old studios is probably frustrating to other talent but remembering that that’s only because RMITV has imploded and doesn’t produce anything worthwhile anymore with up and coming comedians to fill that void.
Memberships should have been a priority this whole time, pledge drives etc make a lot of sense especially with all the community support in recent years.
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